Qualitative Research in the Service of Understanding Learners and Users of Statistics

Iddo Gal and Irena Ograjenšek

International Statistical Review, 2010, vol. 78, issue 2, 287-296

Abstract: This paper seeks to add to a scholarly dialogue regarding the role and value of qualitative techniques in research on learning and using statistics. The paper briefly outlines some of the core assumptions of qualitative research methods, and presents four examples to illustrate selected qualitative methods that are used by educational researchers and service organizations. The discussion emphasizes the need to integrate quantitative and qualitative approaches in research on learners and users of statistics, and suggests that such integration may be needed to study emerging web‐based communities of learners and users of statistics. Le présent article se propose d’apporter au dialogue scolaire relatif au rôle et à l’importance de la technique qualitative de la recherche sur l’apprentissage et l’utilisation des statistiques. En premier lieu, l’article décrit brièvement les notions de base des méthodes qualitatives de la recherche utilisées par les chercheurs dans le domaine de l’éducation ainsi que par les organisations de services. Par la suite, l’étude porte sur l’importance d’intégrer l’approche qualitative et l’approche quantitative dans le domaine des recherches sur les apprenants et utilisateurs des statistiques. En conclusion, l’étude propose l’intégration des deux approches, notamment pour étudier les communautés en ligne d’apprenants et d’utilisateurs des statistiques.

Date: 2010
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